So, I'm at work alone this morning. Co-Worker is out today - with her kids for Halloween. Another excuse that people with kids use to take a day off. Could you imagine if I asked for Halloween off? There would be a bloody war with the likes you and I have never seen before. Of course, I can't bitch (but I will) because I'm going to be out a week from this Friday with my sister coming into town on Thursday night. As many of you already know, my middle sister's birthday is coming up and we're giving her a 50th birthday party. I say "we" very loosely because it's actually my niece that's giving the party. Sort of. Only, she's not paying for it. Well, I should say she's only paying a small portion of it. The rest of the bill is being footed by myself and my oldest sister. As most of you already know (and I won't get into all the bloody details about it). Let's just say I talked to her again last night and asked her what she intended to do if the numerous guests she invited decide to bring a guest. And, here's a sample of that conversation:
Me:Brat, I noticed that you addressed and only counted one person per envelope. How are we going to handle it if they decide to bring a guest? Brat:I didn't think about that until you told me earlier. Me:So, your thoughts? Brat:Well, I'm going to tell them that they are welcome to bring a guest, but will have to pay for their guests meal since we are on a budget. Me:Well, that's kind of tacky, but whatever. Brat:Well, I can't afford to pay for them. What about you? (hint - can you pay more Aunt Sue?) Me:No. I'm already chipping in enough. Brat:Okay, then when they call to RSVP I'll ask how many will be attending and tell them then.
Which, really, I think is very tacky, but fine because I have a hunch that some of these people won't attend if they have to pay for the guest. I could be wrong, but I think if I was invited to a party and was told that I can go for free but I have to pay for my husband I might just skip the party. But, who knows how people will react to stuff like this. I just decided I'm not going to let it get to me and just play along. I don't want that level of involvement in this train wreck that's about to derail. Okay, I love my niece. I do. She's actually very sweet and kind - she's just kind of got a loose grip on reality sometimes, very much like her mother. It's really not my niece's fault she inherited her mothers lack of common sense. I know it's not a good excuse - however, after reading the following conversation I had with my sister regarding speed limits and the amount of time it takes to travel from one place to another, you'll see why my niece is the way she is:
Sister:Well, I'm going to be driving 120 miles so I suppose it'll probably take me 3 hours to get there. Me:It's all highway and 65 mile an hour speed limits. How do you figure it'll take 3 hours? Are you going to drive 40 miles an hour the whole way? Sister:What do you mean? No, I'll be doing the speed limit - plus about 5 at 70 miles an hour. Me:If you travel at 70 miles an hour for 3 hours you would have gone about 210 miles. Sister:I'm not getting you. Me:You DO know what the MPH stands for, right? Sister:Yes, miles per hour. Me:Ok, so, if you're going 60 miles per hour, then how far will you go in an hour? Sister:I don't know. Are you stopping along the way? Me:What? What the hell....no, you're going straight thru. Sister:I'm not sure. Me:You would go 60 miles nitwit! What is 60 times 1 (as in one hour)? Sister:60...OOOOHHHHH!! I never realized that was what that meant!!
And I rest my case. I love her, but what a dingbat!!
Side note: if anybody knows how to turn off the annoying border around the graphics, I would love you for live. And, I obviously have border=0 in the html code but it's still there. Thank you.
Put style="border:0px" in the img tags. It worked for me when I saved your web page and made the change to the monster pic. Check your style sheet also and see if there's a border defined for the img tag or for the class that surrounds the img tag.
BTW - Your sister sounds sort of like my MIL! She's very intelligent in some things, but I think she sometimes falls short in the common sense and street smarts department.
OK, I found where that border is coming from. In the curves-red.css file there's a class called entry-body that defines a border for any images within an element defined with this class. There's a div that surrounds at least your monster1-3.gif (I didn't check the other images) so that's why there's a border around the images, despite setting the border=0 in the img tag. To override the style sheet class, you need to put style="border:0px" in the img tag, otherwise just remove the border in the class in the style sheet. Here's the part in the css file that is the culprit:
Put style="border:0px" in the img tags. It worked for me when I saved your web page and made the change to the monster pic. Check your style sheet also and see if there's a border defined for the img tag or for the class that surrounds the img tag.
BTW - Your sister sounds sort of like my MIL! She's very intelligent in some things, but I think she sometimes falls short in the common sense and street smarts department.
Cindy